Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
We have compiled the following list as a reference point for those seeking research and information on the numerous healing properties of Cannabis. This miraculous herb alleviates the symptoms of everything from hiccups to Multiple Sclerosis. When making personal decisions about your health, information is golden. It's your body and we think it is important for you to be knowledgable about the scientific studies and anectodal evidence that supports Cannabis as a viable treatment for your ailments.
Overview
Cannabis Myths
Accepted Medical Uses
Alcoholism
ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Lou Gehrigs Disease
Alzheimers Disease
Anti-Bacterial Qualities
Arthritis
Asthma
Attention Deficit Disorder And ADHD
Autism
Body Temperature
The Brain
Cancer
Crohn's Disease
Depression - Bi-polar
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Fertility
Fibromyalgia
Glaucoma
Gynecological
Heart Disease And Cardiovascular Disorders
Hepatitis C
Herpes Viruses
Hiccups
HIV - AIDS
Huntingtons Disease
Longevity
Lower GI Conditions (Stomach Problems)
Lupus
Mad Cow Disease
Mental Health
Migraine Headache - Headaches
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuropathic Pain
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Pain Management
Parkinson's Disease
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Potential for Abuse
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Disease
Sickle Cell Disease
Skin Disease
Tourette-Syndrome
Overview
Marijuana-like Compounds May Aid Array Of Debilitating Conditions
No longer a pipe dream, new animal research now indicates that marijuana-like compounds can aid a bevy of debilitating conditions, ranging from brain disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease, to pain and obesity. In past studies, researchers determined...
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The Forgotten Medicine - A look at the medical uses of Cannabis
A look at the medical uses of Cannabis. Medicine in the western world has forgotten almost all it once knew about the therapeutic properties of cannabis. As a result of cannabis prohibition we have lost not only a valuable agricultural crop but a valuable medicine also. The history of...
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The Endo-Cannabinoid System
The Cannabinoid System has been around for over 600 million years. Before the Dinosaurs. The Cannabinoid System is continuously evolutioning and has been retained by all new species. Food and feeding is at the heart of the Cannabinoid System. 1. Cannabinoids are in every living animal on the...
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Human Studies on Medical Uses of Marijuana
There have been hundreds of studies on the medical uses of cannabis since its introduction to western medicine in the early nineteenth century. A review of the literature reveals over 65 human studies, most of them in the 1970's and early 80's. * The best established medical use of smoked...
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Cannabis Myths
Safe to Smoke - Vaporizing Cannabinoids
Phytoinhalation- non burning ingestion of active principles The usual irritating and toxic breakdown products of burning utilized with smoking are totally avoided with vaporization. Extraction and inhaling cannabinoid essential oils below ignition temperature of both crude and refined...
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The Myth of Marijuana's Gateway Effect
by John P. Morgan, M.D. and Lynn Zimmer, Ph.D. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in cooperation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, recently announced a new anti-drug campaign that specifically targets marijuana. Instead...
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Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause Cancer Of Lung or Upper Airways
Data Suggests Possible Protective Effect By Fred Gardner Marijuana smoking —“even heavy longterm use”— does not cause cancer of the lung, upper airways, or esophagus, Donald Tashkin, MD, reported at this year’s meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. Coming from...
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Amotivational Syndrome
Marijuana is said to have a deleterious effect on society by making users passive, apathetic, unproductive, and unable or unwilling to fulfill their responsibilities. THE FACTS The concept of an amotivational syndrome first appeared in the late 1960s, 68 as marijuana use was increasing...
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Documented Safety of Long Term Cannabis Use
Studies have shown the long-term use of cannabis to be safe. In contrast to many other medicinal drugs, the long-term use of cannabis does not harm stomach, liver, kidneys and heart. The Missoula Chronic Clinical Cannabis Use Study examined the effects of long-term and legal medical marijuana...
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Side Effects of Cannabis Use
It is now generally accepted that "...except for the harms associated with smoking, the adverse effects of marijuana use are within the range of effects tolerated for other medications" (Institute of Medicine Report of 1999). This opinion is supported by recent clinical research. Besides abuse...
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Accepted Medical Uses
Accepted Medical Use: Clinical Research
Results from clinical research demonstrate that both dronabinol and whole plant cannabis can offer a safe and effective treatment for the following illnesses: muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, chronic pain, nausea and vomiting in HIV/AIDS and cancer chemotherapy, loss of...
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Accepted Medical Use of Cannabis: Basic Research
The scientific understanding of the endogenous cannabinoid system consisting of specific cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous ligands (endocannabinoids) has considerably increased since 1995. It largely supports and helps explain many of the therapeutic benefits of cannabis and...
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Accepted Medical Use of Cannabis: Reviews of Earlier Clinical Studies
Several scientific publications have reviewed evidence from research on the medicinal uses of cannabis indicating that cannabis in fact may offer benefits in the treatment of certain illnesses Key quotes from five independent summaries of the medical benefits of the cannabinoid substances in...
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Accepted Medical Use: Patient Experiences
Patients’ Experiences and Their Confirmation Following state laws that allow for the medical use of cannabis, an increasing number of patients have collected experience with cannabis. Many reported benefits from its use. Some of this experience has been confirmed in reports and clinical...
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Accepted Medical Use of Cannabis: Reviews of Earlier Clinical Studies
Several scientific publications have reviewed evidence from research on the medicinal uses of cannabis indicating that cannabis in fact may offer benefits in the treatment of certain illnesses Key quotes from five independent summaries of the medical benefits of the cannabinoid substances in...
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Accepted Medical Use: Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical industry is showing not only increasing interest in synthetic modulators of the endogenous cannabinoid system, but also industry members are funding several clinical studies with cannabis whole plant extracts in Europe and Canada with the intention to develop approved cannabis...
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Alcoholism
Cannabis as a Substitute for Alcohol
By Tod Mikuriya, MD SUMMARY Ninety-two Northern Californians using cannabis as an alternative to alcohol obtained letters of approval from the author. Their records were reviewed to determine characteristics of the cohort and efficacy of the treatment —defined as reduced harm to the patient...
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ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Lou Gehrigs Disease
Marijuana In The Management Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Carter GT; Rosen BS Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Neuromuscular Disease Clinic, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA. Marijuana has been proposed as treatment for a widening spectrum of medical conditions...
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Alzheimers Disease
Marijuana's Active Ingredient Shown to Inhibit Primary Marker of Alzheimer's
Discovery Could Lead to More Effective Treatments LA JOLLA, CA, August 9, 2006 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary pathological marker for...
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Marijuana And Alzheimer's Disease
Lisa M. Eubanks, Ph.D., et al. stated in an Aug. 9, 2006 Molecular Pharmaceutics journal article titled "A Molecular Link Between the Active Component of Marijuana and Alzheimer's Disease Pathology" (PDF 143KB): "In contrast to previous studies aimed at utilizing cannabinoids in Alzheimer's...
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Anti-Bacterial Qualities
Antibacterial Cannabinoids from Cannabis Sativa
Giovanni Appendino,*†‡ Simon Gibbons,*⊥ Anna Giana,†‡ Alberto Pagani,†‡ Gianpaolo Grassi,§ Michael Stavri,⊥ Eileen Smith,⊥ and M. Mukhlesur Rahman⊥ Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e Farmacologiche, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Via Bovio 6, 28100 Novara...
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Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - Cannabis Eases Pain And Suppresses Disease
The first study to use a cannabis-based medicine (CBM) for treating rheumatoid arthritis has found that it has a significant effect on easing pain and on suppressing the disease. Writing in the medical journal Rheumatology [1], the researchers say that although the differences were small and...
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Anti-inflammatory Compound From Cannabis Found In Herbs
A compound found in cannabis as well as in herbs such as basil and oregano could help to treat inflammatory bowel diseases and arthritis, Swiss scientists believe. (E)-beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is an aromatic sesquiterpene that has used for many years as a food additive because of its peppery...
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Marijuana And Arthritis
Rheumatology reported in a January 2006 article "Preliminary Assessment of The Efficacy, Tolerability and Safety of A Cannabis-based Medicine (Sativex) in The Treatment of Pain Caused By Rheumatoid Arthritis," (Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 50-52) by D.R. Blake et al.: "In comparison with placebo, the...
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Asthma
Smoked Cannabis And Asthmatics
Acute effects of smoked marijuana and oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on specific airway conductance in asthmatic subjects American Review of Respiratory Disease, Volume 109, 1974, p. 420-428 By Donald P. Tashkin, Bertrand J. Shapiro, and Ira M. Frank SUMMARY: The acute effects of...
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Acute Effects Of Smoked Marijuana And Oral Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol In Asthmatics
American Review of Respiratory Disease, Volume 109, 1974, p. 420-428 By Donald P. Tashkin, Bertrand J. Shapiro, and Ira M. Frank SUMMARY: The acute effects of smoked 2 per cent natural marijuana (7 mg per kg) and 15 mg of oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on plethysmographically...
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Marijuana And Asthma
Nature, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, stated in an 11/02/00 article titled "Bidirectional Control of Airway Responsiveness by Endogenous Cannabinoids" by Calignano et al. (p.96-101): "Smoking marijuana or administration of its main active constituent, THC, may exert potent dilating...
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Attention Deficit Disorder And ADHD
Cannabis As A Medical Treatment For Attention Deficit Disorder
"Why would anyone want to give their child an expensive pill... with unacceptable side effects, when he or she could just go into the backyard, pick a few leaves off a plant and make tea for him or her instead? Cannabinoids are a very viable alternative to treating adolescents with ADD and ADHD"...
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Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic Uses
Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder By Kort E Patterson It was mentioned in the Portland newspaper that the Oregon Health Division is considering allowing medical marijuana to be used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder...
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Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy
It has been known for at least 2,000 years that Marijuana/Cannabis is a psychotropic that affects the brain and central nervous system. (The Scythians) The first western references seem to be that it was a euphoric, in other words a central nervous system stimulant not like cocaine or...
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Smoked Marijuana Improved ADHD Driver's Performance
Cannabis normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood in a patient with hyperactivity disorder Scientists at the Department for Forensic and Traffic Medicine of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, investigated the effects of cannabis on driving related functions in a 28 year old...
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Autism
Sam's Story - Using Medical Cannabis to Treat Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sam is an eight-year-old male. He was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Delay- Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) when he was two and one-half years old by a pediatric psychiatrist at the M.I.N.D. Institute, UC Davis Medical Center. He was re-diagnosed at the M.I.N.D. Institute in October of...
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Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy
It has been known for at least 2,000 years that Marijuana/Cannabis is a psychotropic that affects the brain and central nervous system. (The Scythians) The first western references seem to be that it was a euphoric, in other words a central nervous system stimulant not like cocaine or...
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Autism Ritalin and Cannabis
I wrote a recent article: Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy, in which I reported that California Medical Marijuana doctors had reported successful treatment of such children with marijuana cookies and even by smoking marijuana cigarettes. I received by email a mixed bag of responses...
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Body Temperature
A Cooling Effect From Cannabis?
By Tod Mikuriya, MD It has been observed by my office staff and confirmed anecdotally by colleagues that people seeking physician approval to medicate with cannabis usually register body temperatures markedly below 98.6. Hypothermia in the mouse is one of the “classic tetrad” of symptoms...
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The Brain
Marijuana May Spur New Brain Cells
Washington, D.C. -- Scientists said October 13, 2005 that marijuana appears to promote the development of new brain cells in rats and have anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects, a finding that could have an impact on the national debate over medical uses of the drug. Other illegal and legal...
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Marijuana-Like Chemicals in the Brain Calm Neurons
Stanford, Calif. -- From the munchies to the giggles to paranoia, smoking marijuana causes widespread changes in the brain. Now researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine are a step closer to understanding how the drug's active ingredients -- tetrahydrocannabinol and related...
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Marijuana And The IQ
Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults Peter Fried, Barbara Watkinson, Deborah James and Robert Gray From the Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont. Background: Assessing marijuana's impact on...
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New Brain Cells Implicated In Machinery Of Cannabinoid Signaling
ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2008) — The brain cells called astrocytes, and not just neurons, are sensitive to the substances called cannabinoids--the active chemicals in marijuana. The researchers said their findings could aid in development of treatments for cannabinoid drug abuse. Also, because...
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Endocannabinoids The Brain Demonstrate Novel Modes Of Action When Stressed
Three separate research team reports ?one from Louisiana, one from Japan and one from Scotland ?are presenting independent research results pointing to involvement of endocannabinoids as a novel neural messenger in various stress-related situations with possible applications in eating, disease...
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Cancer
Pot's Cancer-Healing Properties
Cancer Killer U.S. War on Drugs Stalling Mind-Blowing Research into Pot's Cancer-Healing Properties By Paul Armentano Clinical research published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research showing that marijuana's components can inhibit the growth of cancerous brain...
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Lung Cancer: Antineoplastic Activity Of Cannabinoids
Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids A.E. Munson, L.S. Harris, M.A. Friedman, W.L. Dewey, and R.A. Carchman Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 55, No. 3, September 1975 Supported by Public Health Service grant DA00490 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Health Services &...
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Turned-Off Cannabinoid Receptor Turns On Colorectal Tumor Growth
Researchers find CB1 suppresses tumors, a new potential path for treatment, prevention. HOUSTON - New preclinical research shows that cannabinoid cell surface receptor CB1 plays a tumor-suppressing role in human colorectal cancer, scientists report in the Aug. 1 edition of the journal Cancer...
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Pot Compound Enhances Efficacy Of Anti-Cancer Agents, Study Says
London, United Kingdom: The administration of THC in combination with conventional anti-leukemia therapies enhances the effectiveness of anti-cancer agents in vitro (e.g., in a test tube or petri dish), according to preclinical data to be published in the journal Leukemia & Lymphoma...
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Marijuana & Skin Cancer
Inhibition of skin tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo by activation of cannabinoid receptors M. Llanos Casanova1, Cristina Blázquez2, Jesús MartÃnez-Palacio1, Concepción Villanueva3, M. Jesús Fernández-Aceñero3, John W. Huffman4, José L. Jorcano1 and Manuel Guzmán2 1Project on...
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Marijuana's Active Ingredient Kills Leukemia Cells
November 2005 The New Drug Study Group in London discovered that Δ9-THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, works to kill leukemia cells by affecting the gene, MKP3, which may serve as a critical target for new drugs that are less psychoactive and less controversial. While leukemia...
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Cannabis Extract Makes Brain Tumors Shrink, Halts Growth Of Blood Vessels
Researchers in Spain have discovered that a cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink by halting the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumors with life. Cannabis has chemicals called cannabinoids, these are the chemicals that could effectively starve tumors to death, say the researchers...
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Marijuana Compound Inhibits Breast Cancer Growth
San Francisco, CA -- A new study announced today by the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (CPMCRI) found that a non-psychoactive, naturally occurring compound in the cannabis plant (marijuana) called cannabidiol (CBD) inhibits the activity of breast cancer cells “in vitro” and...
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Marijuana And Chemotherapy
Linda Parker, Ph.D., Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Neuroscience at Wilfrid Laurier University, told The Windsor Star (Canada) in an Aug. 24, 2006 article titled "Marijuana May Relieve Chemo Patients' Nausea": "Many chemotherapy patients vomit walking into clinics in anticipation of...
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Crohn's Disease
Marijuana And Crohn's Disease/Gastrointestinal Disorders
O'Shaughnessy's published a study in its Autumn 2005 issue entitled "Cannabis Alleviates Symptoms of Crohn's Disease," by Jeff Hergenrather, M.D., that found: "[Crohn's] patients described marked improvements with the use of cannabis. Beneficial effects were reported for appetite, pain...
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Depression - Bi-polar
Cannabinoids Elicit Antidepressant-Like Behavior and Activate Serotonergic Neurons
Cannabinoids Elicit Antidepressant-Like Behavior and Activate Serotonergic Neurons through the Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Preclinical and clinical studies show that cannabis modulates mood and possesses antidepressant-like properties, mediated by the agonistic activity of cannabinoids on...
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Marijuana and Bipolar Disorder
In bipolar or manic-depressive disorder, the inconsolable misery of major depression alternates with mania or uncontrolled elation. In the manic phase people with bipolar disorder are cheerful, gregarious, talkative, energetic, and hyperactive. Their spending is often extravagant and their...
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Cannabinoids in Bipolar Disorder
The role of cannabis (marijuana) in psychiatric disorders remains controversial. In bipolar disorder, it is known that many people use cannabis for various reasons. There are some reports that people use cannabis for help in alleviating mania and others report its use for relieving depression...
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The Use of Cannabis as a Mood Stabilizer
Abstract-The authors present case histories indicating that a number ofpatients find cannabis (marihuana) useful in the treatment of their bipolardisorder. Some used it to treat mania, depression, or both. They stated thatit was more effective than conventional drugs, or helped relieve the...
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Diabetes
Cannabis And Diabetic Retinopathy
Neuroprotective and Blood-Retinal Barrier-Preserving Effects of Cannabidiol in Experimental Diabetes Azza B. El-Remessy*, Mohamed Al-Shabrawey, Yousuf Khalifa, Nai-Tse Tsai, Ruth B. Caldwell and Gregory I. Liou From the Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology* and Ophthalmology, the...
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Medical Breakthrough! Medicinal Marijuana for Diabetics!
The medical literature has very few citations in regard to any direct effect of cannabis on blood sugar levels. These citations are sometimes contradictory. Despite the lack of research, a large body of anecdotal evidence is building amongst diabetic sufferers that medical cannabis may help...
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Marijuana Controls Diabetes - Marijuana Compound May Help Stop Diabetic Retinopathy
A compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say. Early studies indicate cannabidiol works as a consummate multi-tasker to protect the eye from growing a plethora of leaky blood vessels, the hallmark of diabetic...
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Diabetes & Marijuana
Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus is a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by defects in insulin secretion resulting in hyperglycemia (an abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood). There are two primary types of diabetes. Individuals diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (also...
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Epilepsy
Hypnotic and Antiepileptic Effects of Cannabidiol
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1981; 21: 417S-427S By Elisaldo A. Carlini, M.D., and Jomar M. Cunha, M.D. Department of Psychobiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Abstract: Clinical trials with cannabidiol (CBD) in healthy volunteers, insomniacs, and epileptic patients...
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Cannabis May Help Epileptics
Further evidence has emerged that an ingredient of cannabis could help prevent epileptic seizures. Some experts are now calling for fresh research into the potential of cannabis-like compounds to help alleviate the condition. Researchers from Germany found that natural brain chemicals which...
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Cannabidiol And Epileptic Patients
CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF CANNABIDIOL TO HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS AND EPILEPTIC PATIENTS Pharmacology 21: 175-185 (1980) Jomar M. Cunha, E.A. Carlini, Aparecido E. Pereira, Oswaldo L. Ramos, Camilo Pimentel, Rubens Gagliardi, W.L. Sanvito, N. Lander and R. Mechoulam Departments de...
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Fertility
Synthetic Cannabinoid May Aid Fertility In Smokers
A reproductive medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo has shown that a new compound may improve the fertility of tobacco smokers who have low sperm count and low percentage sperm motility. The sperm from male smokers were washed with a synthetic chemical called AM-1346. After...
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Fibromyalgia
THC Reduces Pain in Fibromyalgia Patients
Mannheim, Germany: Oral administration of THC significantly reduces both chronic and experimentally induced pain in patients with fibromyalgia, according to clinical trial data to be published in the June 2006 issue of the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion. The study is the first-ever...
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Cannabis And Fibromyalgia
Delta-9-THC based monotherapy in fibromyalgia patients on experimentally induced pain, axon reflex flare, and pain relief. Schley M; Legler A; Skopp G; Schmelz M; Konrad C; Rukwied R Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University...
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Fibromyalgia: Effective Treatment with Medical Marijuana
Fibromyalgia is a very painful, complex disease causing spasm of muscles and accompanying nerves and has been a contentious puzzle to both victims and their doctors. It seems nobody has the slightest idea what causes it and its symptoms and signs can be so diverse that it has been called the...
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Marijuana-Based Drug May Ease Fibromyalgia Pain
In a preliminary, placebo-controlled, 1-month trial, the marijuana-based synthetic drug nabilone (Cesamet, Valeant Pharmaceuticals) showed promise for temporary pain relief for fibromyalgia patients. The study, by Ryan Quinlan Skrabek, MD, and colleagues at the University of Manitoba, in...
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Glaucoma
National Eye Institute Policy on Marijuana
NEI Statement Glaucoma and Marijuana Use National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health Glaucoma is an eye disease usually associated with an increased fluid pressure inside the eyes that damages the optic nerve, leading to vision loss or even blindness. The most common form of the...
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Cannabis and Neuroprotection
A Brief Review Jay R. Cavanaugh, Ph.D. Late on Saturday afternoon just before the Portland National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics was adjourned, a quiet and highly technical presentation was made by David W. Pate, PhD, MSc of HortaPharm B.V. Dr. Pate who was kind enough...
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Marijuana And Glaucoma
Paul Palmberg, M.D., Ph.D., a glaucoma expert and National Institute of Health (NIH) medical marijuana panelist, said at a Feb. 20, 1997 conference: "I don't think there's any doubt about its [marijuana] effectiveness, at least in some people with glaucoma." Feb. 20, 1997 Paul Palmberg...
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Gynecological
Cannabis As A Treatment For PMS And Other Female Ailments
I discovered this wonderful article will browsing the net. It has been said that Kali Mist from Serious seeds is the best strain for cramping and pain from PMS. Taken from the Antique Cannabis book. Chapter 21.1 - According to various [contemporary] Medical Textbooks and the reputable...
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Heart Disease And Cardiovascular Disorders
Cannabis Use Not Associated With Risk Factors For Diseases Of Heart And Circulation
According to research published in the American Journal of Cardiology the use of cannabis is not associated with development of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke. While acute cannabis use is associated with increased appetite and changes in blood pressure...
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Cannabinoids Prevented The Development Of Heart Failure In Animal Study
Heart failure is a serious possible consequence of a heart attack or other diseases that damage the heart. It occurs when the heart loses its ability to pump enough blood through the body. Often it develops slowly over years, as the heart gradually loses its pumping ability. In rats heart...
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Heavy Cannabis Use Not Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Risks
Heavy Cannabis Use Not Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Risks San Francisco, CA: Heavy marijuana use is not independently associated with high blood pressure or other cardiovascular risk factors, according the findings of a 15-year longitudinal study published in the August issue...
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Cannabinoid Offers Cardioprotection, Study Says
Ramat-Gan, Israel: The administration of delta-9-THC protects heart muscle cells from injury during hypoxia (a deficiency in the levels of oxygen in the blood), according to preclinical trial data published in the February issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Boichemistry. Researchers...
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Does Cannabis Hold the Key to Treating Cardiometabolic Disease?
Paul E Szmitko; Subodh Verma Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(3):116-117. ©2006 Nature Publishing Group Obesity, particularly visceral adiposity, and its related metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, is a worldwide pandemic. The biological properties of one of the most widespread...
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Marijuana Chemical Fights Hardened Arteries
The active ingredient in marijuana that produces changes in brain messages appears to fight atherosclerosis -- a hardening of the arteries. But puffing pot probably won't help. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, "should not be taken to mean that smoking marijuana is beneficial for...
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Hepatitis C
Cannabis Improves Outcomes For Hepatitis C Patients
Cannabis use improves retention and virological outcomes in patients treated for hepatitis C Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol Oct 2006 18:1057-1063 Diana L. Sylvestrea,b, Barry J. Clementsb and Yvonne Malibub aDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California...
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Cannabis - Improved Treatment Response in Hepatitis C Patients
Moderate Cannabis Use Associated with Improved Treatment Response in Hepatitis C Patients on Methadone By Liz Highleyman Interferon-based therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is often limited by side effects including flu-like symptoms, fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite...
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Hepatitis C positive people - Use and self-medication with Cannabis
A study by Lucy Charlesworth EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hepatitis C positive (HCV+) users of medicinal cannabis presently rely on an illegal substance for medication and effective relief of chronic symptoms. This study collects anecdotal accounts from 20 people through interviews and questionnaire, to...
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Cannabis Use Can Improve Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Therapy
Recent research by Diana L. Sylvestre, MD, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues suggests that the use of cannabis during hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment may offer symptomatic and virological benefit to some...
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Marijuana And Hepatitis C
Diana L. Sylvestre, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, et al. stated in their October 2006 article "Cannabis Use Improves Retention and Virological Outcomes in Patients Treated for Hepatitis C," published in the...
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Herpes Viruses
Cannabis May Help Combat Cancer-causing Herpes Viruses
The compound in marijuana that produces a high, delta-9 tetrahydrocannbinol or THC, may block the spread of several forms of cancer causing herpes viruses, University of South Florida College of Medicine scientists report. The findings, published Sept. 15 in the online journal BMC Medicine...
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Hiccups
Marijuana Cures Hiccups
Two American medical doctors report the use of marijuana to cure persistent (intractable) hiccups in an AIDS patient. The patient had received intravenous midazolam and dexamethasone prior to a minor surgical operation. Following surgery he developed intractable hiccups. Chlorpromazine...
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HIV - AIDS
Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis...
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Marijuana And AIDS (HIV) & AIDS Wasting
From the U.S. 1999 IOM Report, on Page 159: "The profile of cannabinoid drug effects suggest that they are promising for treating wasting syndrome in AIDS patients. Nausea, appetite loss, pain, and anxiety are all afflictions of wasting, and all can be mitigated by marijuana. Although some...
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Marijuana And The Immune System
A placebo-controlled clinical trial designed to determine "the short-term effects of smoked marijuana on the viral load of HIV-infected patients" concluded the following, as reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 8/19/03, Vol. 139, Issue 4, pp. 258-266 (click here to see whole article in...
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Huntingtons Disease
Cannabinoids And Huntingtons Disease
Nabilone Could Treat Chorea and Irritability in Huntington’s Disease Adrienne Curtis, B.A., B.Sc. and Hugh Rickards, M.D., M.R.C.Psych., Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Letter: SIR: Huntington’s disease causes chorea and psychiatric...
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Longevity
Study Shows Long Term Marijuana Users Healthy
Sydney Morning Herald February 18, 1997 Written by Leonie Lamont One of the first studies of long-term marijuana use in Australia has found the health of such users is on par with the general population. The study - conducted in the "subculture of North Coast of NSW. in which cannabis use...
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Marijuana Smoking Doesn't Lead to Higher Death Rate
Although the inhalation of chemical toxins in cannabis smoke has been linked to bronchitis and other respiratory problems, it has not been shown to cause lung cancer or a higher death rate. The most extensive study to date on marijuana and mortality was conducted by investigators at Kaiser...
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Lower GI Conditions (Stomach Problems)
Cannabinoid Activator Mellows Out Colon
Drugs that activate cannabinoid receptors in the colon might help treat lower GI conditions such as diarrhea or certain types of fecal incontinence, according to a proof-of-concept study presented here. The study found that Marinol (dronabinol) significantly relaxed the colon in healthy...
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Anti-inflammatory Compound From Cannabis Found In Herbs
A compound found in cannabis as well as in herbs such as basil and oregano could help to treat inflammatory bowel diseases and arthritis, Swiss scientists believe. (E)-beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is an aromatic sesquiterpene that has used for many years as a food additive because of its peppery...
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Cannabis May Soothe Inflamed Bowels
Cannabis-based drugs could offer treatment hope to sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease, UK researchers report. Cannabis smokers with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have often claimed that smoking a joint seems to lessen their symptoms. So a group of researchers from Bath University and...
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Medical Marijuana In The Treatment Of Digestive Disorders
Licensed users and growers of medical marijuana know that the plant can be used to treat a variety of diseases and symptoms related to the gastrointestinal system. This isn't a bunch of stupid stoners trying to find a medical excuse to get high, folks, this is the real deal- the herb heals! The...
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Marijuana And Crohn's Disease/Gastrointestinal Disorders
O'Shaughnessy's published a study in its Autumn 2005 issue entitled "Cannabis Alleviates Symptoms of Crohn's Disease," by Jeff Hergenrather, M.D., that found: "[Crohn's] patients described marked improvements with the use of cannabis. Beneficial effects were reported for appetite, pain...
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Lupus
Cannabis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
by Lisa Swiderski I can remember being admitted to a hospital in New Jersey at the age of 3. My symptoms were baffling to all the doctors who had treated me as a child. I was first given a diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. I had a butterfly rash on my face, fatigue, continuous...
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Mad Cow Disease
Cannabidiol May Be Effective In Preventing Mad Cow Disease
Cannabidiol may be effective in preventing bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy (mad cow disease) J Neurosci 2007;27(36):9537-44 According to basic research of scientists of the National Centre for Scientific Research in Valbonne, France, cannabidiol (CBD) may prevent the development of prion...
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Mental Health
American Psychiatric Association Assembly Unanimously Backs Medical Marijuana
(WASHINGTON, D.C. ) - In a unanimous vote, the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association has approved a strongly worded statement supporting legal protection for patients using medical marijuana with their doctor's recommendation. "This is a very large and important medical...
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Cannabis As A Psychotropic Medication
K. Chaturvedi North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 5UD, UK I considered Arseneault et al's (2004) search for evidence of the association between cannabis and psychosis as quite skewed. They did not explore the evidence regarding positive, therapeutic or...
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Cannabis Does Not Induce Schizophrenia, Dutch Scientists Say
A group of Dutch scientists say that there is no proof that cannabis induces schizophrenia. These findings will be embarrassing for the Dutch government, which has been bearing down on Marijuana Coffee Shops saying the drug induces schizophrenia. You can read about this study in the journal...
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Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories
Scientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids" remained mysterious. Researchers now say they help to extinguish traumatic memories. "In certain situations, being able to forget...
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Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Anxiety Treatment
Marijuana, Genes, Medicines And Brain Scans Help Scientists Find Better Anxiety Treatments. (Apr. 22, 2008) — Right now, about half of all people who take medicine for an anxiety disorder don't get much help from it. And doctors have no definitive way to predict who will, and who won't...
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Cannabis and Aggression
Cannabis is widely regarded as a "peace" inducing drug, a legacy of the hippie era in the 1960s. Relaxation and stress relief are among the most commonly reported reasons for use of the drug, and IDMU surveys have found "reduced aggression" to be a commonly-perceived "benefit" of using the drug...
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Cannabis as a First-line Treatment for Childhood Mental Disorders
By Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. Originally published in O'Shaughnessy's, Spring 2006 Alex P. was prescribed pharmaceutical stimulants, depressants, analgesics, and antipsychotics that exacerbated his problems. Cannabis has provided a benign, effective alternative. In 1996, California legalized...
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Marijuana And Psychological Conditions
Does medical marijuana produce lasting schizophrenia, psychosis, or other mental disorders? Mitchell Earleywine, Ph.D. and Thomas Denson state in their study "Decreased Depression in Marijuana Users," in press as of 3/3/06 in the journal Addictive Behaviors: "[T]hose who used...
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Cannabidiol, A Cannabis Sativa Constituent, As An Antipsychotic Drug
A.W. Zuardi2, J.A.S. Crippa2, J.E.C. Hallak2, F.A. Moreira1 and F.S. Guimarães1 1Departamento de Farmacologia, 2Departamento de Neurologia, Psiquiatria e Psicologia Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil For tables and...
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Migraine Headache - Headaches
Cannabis And Marinol In The Treatment Of Migraine Headache
by Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. Edie L., a thirty eight year old pert, intense, intelligent, articulate stock broker and former law student suffers from severe one-sided headaches that started when she was eleven years old. Aggravated by bacon, wines, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, and...
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Medical Marijuana: Headaches/Migraines
A review of The Merck Manual 1999 Edition indicates that the causes of Headaches and/or Migraines are by no means settled and The Manual indicates about thirty possible causes. Possibly, Migraines are the most severe but some will even argue that. The Manual indicates about twelve different...
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Multiple Sclerosis
MMJ: National MS Society Takes Half-Step Toward Recognizing Therapeutic Uses
The National MS Society has released an expert opinion paper that marijuana has the potential to treat MS symptoms and limit the progression of the disease, but stopped short of recommending that MS patients use the drug. "Although it is clear that cannabinoids have potential both for the...
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Cannabinoids And Multiple Sclerosis
Cannabinoids inhibit neurodegeneration in models of multiple sclerosis Gareth Pryce*,1, Zubair Ahmed*,1, Deborah J. R. Hankey*,1, Samuel J. Jackson1, J. Ludovic Croxford1, Jennifer M. Pocock1, Catherine Ledent2, Axel Petzold1, Alan J. Thompson3, Gavin Giovannoni1, M. Louise Cuzner1 and David...
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Marijuana Helps MS Patients Alleviate Pain, Spasms
By Kathleen Doheny SAN DIEGO (Reuters Health) - Cannabis, or marijuana, is an effective drug that can help patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to reduce debilitating pain and muscle spasms, according to a London researcher who presented his findings Sunday at the 10th World Congress on...
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Marijuana And Multiple Sclerosis / Muscle Spasms
Movement Disorders stated in a 2004 article "Survey on Cannabis Use in Parkinson's Disease" (Vol. 19, No. 9, pp. 1102-1106, Sept. 2004) by researchers from the Movement Disorders Centre, Dept. of Neurology at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic: "An anonymous questionnaire sent to all...
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Neuropathic Pain
Cannabinoids Among Most Promising Approaches to Treating Neuropathic Pain
In MedPanel Summit, Leading Pain Experts Name Cannabinoids Among Most Promising Approaches to Treating Neuropathic Pain, Assert That Sociopolitical Climate Will Hamper Drug Approvals 21 June 2006 Cannabinoids, chemical agents found in the marijuana plant and endogenous to the human body...
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Medicinal Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain in HIV
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that reported pain relief was greater with cannabis...
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Marijuana May Be Effective for Neuropathic Pain
The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannibis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Newswise – The growing body of...
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Obesity
The Science of Why Pot Makes You Hungry
ScienceDaily — Marijuana--or more specifically its active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol--has a well-documented tendency to stimulate hunger. And while scientists have traced this property to cannabinoid receptors in the brain, they have had little understanding of the neural circuitry...
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Osteoporosis
Hebrew U. Researchers Find Cannabis Can Strengthen Bones
An article on the Hebrew University research appeared this week in the prestigious American PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.) journal. The research team, headed by Prof. Itai Bab, worked in Hebrew University's bone laboratory. Substances produced mainly in...
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New Weapon In Battle Against Osteoporosis
Medical researchers at the University of Bonn, working in collaboration with scientists from Israel, the USA and Britain, have identified a previously unknown regulatory mechanism in the process of bone loss. Their findings could open up new approaches to the treatment of osteoporosis. More than...
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Pain Management
Cannabis Effective At Relieving Pain After Major Surgery
A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery such as knee replacements, a study by Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council has shown. Details of a trial published today in Anesthesiology shows how effective Cannador, a cannabis plant...
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An Ancient Look at a New Medical Approach for Pain
Dr. Donna Schwontkowski interviews Dr. Phillip Denney, M.D. Cannabis: should it be legal or not? Decide for yourself after you read this interview with Dr. Philip A. Denney, a Carmichael medical physician, who expresses his views on medical marijuana below. Q: Dr. Denney, when did you...
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Pharmacokinetics And Cannabinoid Action Using Oral Cannabis Extract
A simple dosing regimen for cannabinoid therapies is complicated by individual variance in rates of breakdown in the liver and intestinal absorption. This trial measured specific plasma concentrations of orally administered cannabis extract in order to determine whether any correlation to...
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Dr. Robert V. Brody: Declaration. Cannabis and Hospice Ethics - pain management
1. I am a physician licensed to practice in the State of California. I am currently Chief of the Pain Consultation Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), where, since 1990, I have also been Attending Physician of the Pain Management Service, Chair of the Ethics Committee, and Director...
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Pain Management With Cannabis
Cannabinoid Analgesia as a Potential New Therapeutic Option in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Tammy L Burns, PharmD at time of writing, Pharmacy Practice Resident, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE; now, Clinical Pharmacist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Joseph R Ineck, PharmD...
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Finding the Dose Window For Optimal Pain Relief from Cannabis
Dose-dependent Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Capsaicin-induced Pain and Hyperalgesia in Healthy Volunteers [Pain and Regional Anesthesia] Abstract Background: Although the preclinical literature suggests that cannabinoids produce antinociception and antihyperalgesic effects, efficacy in...
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Marijuana And Pain / Analgesia
The Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics published an article by researchers from GW Pharmaceuticals in the U.K. (Vol. 1, No. 3/4, 2001, pp. 183-205) which stated: "In practice it has been found that extracts of cannabis [processed whole plant compounds] provide greater relief of pain than the...
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Morphine-Cannabis super-painkiller
Pain can often be better managed when two types of painkiller are used together. For example, it has recently become known that cannabinoids such as THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, enhance the painkilling effects of opioids such as morphine. Teaming them up could allow doses to...
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Parkinson's Disease
Medical Marijuana: A Surprising Solution to Severe Morning Sickness
As is the case for many young women, my indulgence in recreational drugs, including alcohol and caffeine, came to an abrupt halt when my husband and I discovered we were pregnant with our first child. To say we were ecstatic is an understatement. Doctors had told me we might never conceive, yet...
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Use of Marijuana during Pregnancy
Warnings that marijuana causes birth defects date back to the late 1960s.1 Some researchers claimed to have found chromosomal abnormalities in blood cells taken from marijuana users. They predicted that young men and women who used marijuana would produce deformed babies.2 Although later studies...
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Medical Marijuana - PTSD and the Iraq Veteran
We're back from the war. We can't sleep. We're getting divorced. If marijuana is good for post-traumatic stress, who are we to deny its medicinal properties? Can medical marijuana help returning soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan war deal with post-traumatic stress disorder? This...
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For Veterans with PTSD, Marijuana Can Mean Life
Switching from marijuana to legal "prescribed" drugs can be a killer. Lynn Morse was denied a Purple Heart for a battle injury that his life partner says was documented, this is as close as he got to adequate recognition for his role as a soldier in the Vietnam War. (SALEM, Ore.) - For one...
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PTSD and Cannabis: A Clinician Ponders Mechanism of Action
One often intractable problem for which cannabis provides relief is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I have more than 100 patients with PTSD. Among those reporting that cannabis alleviates their PTSD symptoms are veterans of the war in Vietnam, the first Gulf War, and the current...
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Cannabis Eases Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
William Woodward, MD, of the American Medical Association, testifying before Congress in 1937 against the Prohibition of cannabis, paraphrased a French author (F. Pascal, 1934) to the effect that “Indian hemp has remarkable properties in revealing the subconscious.” A Congressman asked, “Are...
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Pot-Like Chemical Helps Beat Fear
By Lidia Wasowicz, UPI Senior Science Writer Source: United Press International Natural molecules that act like the primary active ingredient in marijuana apparently play a key part in helping the brain wipe away fearful memories, perhaps averting undue anxiety and panic attacks, researchers...
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Treatment for PTSD Should Include Cannabis
For those who do not know it, the humans and all animals so far tested produce two marijuana like substances, Anandamide and 2- Arachidonal glycerol (2AG), which produce exactly the same medical functions as marijuana. Secondly marijuana/cannabis has been used in human medicine for about...
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Essay: Medical Marijuana And The Iraq Veteran
Medical Marijuana And The Iraq Veteran by Colby Buzzell, Esquire Magazine Can medical marijuana help returning soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan war deal with post-traumatic stress disorder? This question -- that it might, that it might not, or that it might even make it worse --...
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Potential for Abuse
Potential for Abuse: Abuse of Cannabis
Several studies demonstrate that abuse rates for cannabis are lower than rates for other common drugs. Cannabis use is usually not problematic use and cannabis users usually have no social problems which can be attributed to cannabis. The abuse potential of cannabis is insufficient to justify...
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Potential for Abuse: Use and Abuse
The government’s review of the 1995 marijuana rescheduling petition did not distinguish between use and abuse according to professional standards, such as those in use by the medical and scientific community. Widespread use of cannabis is not an indication of its abuse potential, and widespread...
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Potential for Abuse: Cannabis and Dronabinol
There is growing evidence that there is no relevant difference in subjective effects between (Schedule III) dronabinol and cannabis. Thus, it can be expected that the abuse liability is similar for both agents. In 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reclassified Marinol™ from a...
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Dependence Liability: Basic Research on Rewarding Tolerance and Withdrawl
Basic research on rewarding, tolerance and withdrawal In recent years, scientists were able to show that animals do self-administer THC under certain conditions. Basic animal research also shows that cannabis produces tolerance and withdrawal. This research helps explain abuse of cannabis and...
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Pregnancy
Prenatal Marijuana Use And Neonatal Outcome
Day N, Sambamoorthi U, Taylor P, Richardson G, Robles N, Jhon Y, Scher M, Stoffer D, Cornelius M, Jasperse D. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA. In a longitudinal study of marijuana and other substance use during pregnancy, women were interviewed at...
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Cannabis Relieves Morning Sickness
Medical researchers wishing to test the safety and efficacy of drugs need people willing to participate in their clinical trials. Cannabis dispensaries serve people with a wide range of conditions, many of whom are ready, willing and able to take part in studies. In February 2003, a doctoral...
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Dreher's Jamaican Pregnancy Study
More Suppression of Marijuana Research By Fred Gardner In the 1980s Melanie Dreher and colleagues at UMass Amherst began a longitudinal study to assess the well-being of infants and children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy. The researchers lived in rural Jamaican communities...
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Use of Marijuana during Pregnancy
Warnings that marijuana causes birth defects date back to the late 1960s.1 Some researchers claimed to have found chromosomal abnormalities in blood cells taken from marijuana users. They predicted that young men and women who used marijuana would produce deformed babies.2 Although later studies...
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Medical Marijuana: A Surprising Solution to Severe Morning Sickness
As is the case for many young women, my indulgence in recreational drugs, including alcohol and caffeine, came to an abrupt halt when my husband and I discovered we were pregnant with our first child. To say we were ecstatic is an understatement. Doctors had told me we might never conceive, yet...
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Scientists Measuring Natural 'Cannabis' In Pregnant Women
Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a medical team from the University of Leicester say they have established a predictor for pregnant women who may have miscarriages and those who won’t. The researchers measured the levels of a naturally occurring ‘cannabis’ (an...
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Pulmonary Disease
New Cannabinoid Receptor in Pulmonary Arteries
Researchers suggest the therapeutic effects of cannabinoids on pulmonary disease, such as Hypertension, are due to an unindentified cannabinoid receptor. Abstract posted below. If you have any questions, please don't hesistate to ask. Regards, Jahan Identification of the vasodilatory...
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Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease and Cannabis
Some 70,000 Americans suffer from Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle Cell is a genetic blood disorder that primarily affects African Americans, Latinos, and those of Mediterranean origin. One African American in 650 will be born with the disease. Sickle Cell is about half as prevalent in Latino and...
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Skin Disease
Israeli research finds that THC could alleviate allergic skin disease
by Judy Siegel A chemical found in the cannabis (hashish) plant can help the body's immune system alleviate a common skin disease called allergic contact dermatitis, according to a group of researchers from Israel, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the US. The group was led by Dr. Andreas...
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Tourette-Syndrome
THC effective in Tourette-Syndrome
IACM-Bulletin of 31 March 2002 A clinical study conducted at the Medical School of Hannover (Germany) and published in the current issue of Pharmacopsychiatry demonstrated that a single dose of THC reduces symptoms of Tourette-Syndrome. Under the guidance of Dr. Kirsten Mueller-Vahl 12...
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Marijuana And Tourette's Syndrome
The American Medical Association states in their online report "Medical Marijuana (A-01)," accessed on Jan. 10, 2007: "Only limited data exist on the effects of marijuana in patients with Tourette’s syndrome who respond inadequately to standard treatment, consisting of 4 case histories that...
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